Bill Text: PA HR176 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing the Congress of the United States to permit the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reinstitute the electoral use of manual, old-style lever voting machines.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-19 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HR176 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR176-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1161
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 176 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, D. COSTA, GINGRICH, KOTIK, READSHAW AND WHEATLEY, MARCH 19, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 19, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to permit the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reinstitute the electoral use
of manual, old-style lever voting machines.
WHEREAS, The right to vote and the right to have one's vote
counted are key values of our democratic government; and
WHEREAS, The United States and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania are obligated to ensure that every person's vote is
counted; and
WHEREAS, The implementation of electronic voting machines in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been a source of problems
and frustration for voters beginning November 7, 2006, when
electronic voting machine glitches in several counties forced
polls to extend their hours of operation; and
WHEREAS, Studies by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
have shown that electronic voting machines are less reliable in
accurately counting votes and do not produce an independent
paper record of each vote to be used in the case of a recount or
statistical sampling; and
WHEREAS, A report commissioned by the State of Maryland found
that the electronic voting system showed a high risk of
compromise; and
WHEREAS, A study group known as the Caltech-MIT Voting
Technology Project found that lever machines were more accurate
than electronic voting machines; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize Congress to permit the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reinstitute the electoral use of
manual, old-style lever voting machines; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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